L. Sprague de Camp TLS with Wonderful Content on Robert E. Howard
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Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Typed Letter SIGNED L. Sprague de Camp dated 19 April 77 on de Camps own letterhead with wonderful content on Robert E. Howard. Written to C.C. Clingan (addressed to Chet), who was the editor of the sci-fi fanzine The Diversifier (1974-1979) where de Camps writing appeared in 1976 and 1978. The opening paragraph thanks Clingan for the copy of REH (perhaps a reference to the bio-bibliography of Howard, The Last Celt, published the previous year). He then goes on to discuss the variations of spelling of Howards middle nameThe name appears as Ervine on the birth and death certificates of REH and his mother, but as Ervin in all of REHs writings about his family and on the gravestone at Brownwood, and concludes, In any case, to make a big fuss about the matter, as Everts (a.k.a. Kirsch) did, tells more about Everts than about the Howard family. The middle portion of the letter speaks of the spelling of de Camp within his own family. Dampstaining to lower corner, toning and smudge, edgewear, two chips and light wrinkle to upper right edge not affecting text. An intriguing typed letter signed by the noted science fiction writer de Camp.
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- Crow Hop Rare Books (US)
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- Title
- L. Sprague de Camp TLS with Wonderful Content on Robert E. Howard
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- Used
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Crow Hop Rare Books
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Kennesaw, Georgia
About Crow Hop Rare Books
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